{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-assembly-act-1973-repealed-2121999/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-assembly-act-1973-repealed-2121999/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/17",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 (repealed 2.12.1999)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-assembly-act-1973-repealed-2121999",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Financial provisions.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Any costs incurred by a government department (including a government department of the Government of Northern Ireland) in connection with the election under this Act shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, and any forfeited deposit or other sum received by such a government department in connection with the election under this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4(1) repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1982 (c. 38, SIF 29:3), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 4(2) extended by Northern Ireland Act 1982 (c. 38, SIF 29:3), Sch. 2 para. 10"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/17/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:47.699854+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}